BECAUSE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF THE PLANE TURNING BACK TO LAND. STEVE. THE LITTLE BOY HANGS ON FOR DEER LIFE AFTER A -- DEAR LIFE AFTER A FREAK ACCIDENT ON A CHAIRLIFT IN ALPINE VALLEY. IT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT TWO. PEOPLE RUSHED TO GET HIM TO SAFETY AS HE HOLDS ON TIGHT JUST HOPING NOT TO FALL. THOSE TWO HAILED AS HEROES TONIGHT FOR GETTING THAT LITTLE BOY BACK IN THE CHAIR AND DOWN SAFELY. OUR WILL JONES SPOKE TO ONE OF THE RESCUERS TONIGHT WHO JOINS US NOW LIVE. WILL, THAT'S A PRETTY SCARY SCENE OUT THERE? Reporter: 40 FEET IN THE AIR SEVERAL PEOPLE WERE ON THE GROUND PEOPLE WERE IN THE CHAIRLIFT WITNESSING THIS. WE SPOKE WITH THE MAN WHO WITNESSED IT AND ACTUALLY RECORDED IT WITH HIS CELL PHONE AS WELL AS ONE BRAVE WOMAN WHO DIDN'T STOP FOR SEANGD SHE RUSHED IN TO SAVE THIS LITTLESH IS SECOND. SHE RUSHED IN TO SAVE THIS LITTLE BOY. INITIALLY I DIDN'T WANT TO VIDEOTAPE IT BECAUSE IT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE IT WAS GOING TO END WELL. IT LOOKED LIKE THE DROP WAS ABOUT 30 FEET. IT WAS A VERY HIGH POINT IN THIS CHAIRLIFT. HE WAS JUST HANGING THERE AND HE WAS ALL STRETCHED OUT AND THERE WAS NO WAY HE WAS GOING TO PULL HIMSELF UP. THERE WAS A WOMAN ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES AT ALPINE VALLEY IT. WAS MY FIRST THOUGHT IS THAT THE POTENTIAL THERE WAS THAT IT COULD HAVE ENDED BADLY. THAT'S NOT WHAT I WANTED. Reporter: SHE HAD TO BE VERY CAREFUL AND CALM AND QUICK. Reporter: TOLD EVERYONE TO GET OUT OF MY WAY AND IMMEDIATELY JUST CLIMBED UP THE CHAIRLIFT. SHE WAS TALKING TO HIM AS IT WAS GOING ON JUST REITERATING TO HIM THAT SHE WAS GOING TO GET HIM. THEN JUST CLIMB DOWN THE CHAIR ITSELF AND GOT ON IN THE CHAIR AND STRADDLED THE CHAIR. WENT DOWN GRABBED THE KID. BROUGHT HIM BACK UP. HE REACHED FOR ME ACTUALLY AS I WENT TO GO GRAB HIM AND JUST HIS RELIEF IN HIS FACE, I THINK IS THE ONE THING I DO REMEMBER. WHEN THEY HAD HIM AND HE WAS SAFE, THAT'S WHEN EVERYONE JUST LET A NICE SIGH OF RELIEF. AND PEOPLE STARTED CLAPPING. WOW. WOW. I WAS HOLDING MY BREATH THROUGH THE WHOLE THING. I WOULDN'T CALL MYSELF A HERO. I JUST DID WHAT CAME NATURALLY, I GUESS. Reporter: NOW THEY'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW THAT BOY GOT IN THAT SITUATION. PEOPLE HAVE WORKED HERE FOR YEARS THEY HAVE NOT SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS. BUT WE'RE TOLD THAT THE BOY ADMITS HE WAS GOOFING AROUND A BIT.

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